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| History The Arizona Center on Aging is sponsored by the College of Nursing and the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. Affiliation with the Colleges reinforces the Center's role in the Arizona Health Sciences Center and provides opportunities for multi-disciplinary collaboration on projects designed to improve the functional and behavioral status of frail older persons. For over 22 years, the Arizona Center on Aging has produced a wealth of valuable products and contributed significantly to the fields of aging and long term care through its numerous achievements in education and training, policy and psychosocial research, service demonstration projects, technical assistance and information dissemination. The center has sponsored many conferences and training events, completed over 40 research projects and more than 35 service demonstration projects related to retirement communities, community and institutional-based long term care, rural issues, ethnic minorities and persons with dementia. Products developed through these activities have been nationally recognized for their professional quality and usefulness. Besides the formal research and education produced by the Center, we also are a resource on aging issues for the community as a whole. We invite comments and questions from the public about any aging issue. The Arizona Center on Aging (ACOA) is committed to addressing the health and human welfare of seniors through an integrated program of research, education and excellence in health care and service. ACOA is jointly sponsored by the University of Arizona Colleges of Nursing and Public Health. The Mission of the Center is to advance the scientific study of aging, provide interdisciplinary education and clinical training in gerontology, geriatrics, and long-term care, and provide clinical and community services to Arizona's aging population. The programs of the Arizona Center on Aging focus on the behavioral and social, biological, and health sciences as well as research focused on social policy and practice. Goals: 1. Stimulate and sustain knowledge development and interdisciplinary research about aging processes, the phenomena associated with aging and the delivery of services to the elderly in the context of our complex society. 2. Sustain and expand opportunities for state-of-the discipline, interdisciplinary education and clinical training in gerontology, geriatrics, and long-term care. 3. Promote welfare of aging persons and their families through clinical and community services and public policy.
Directors Linda R. Phillips, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor, Nursing phillips@nursing.arizona.edu Linda
R. Phillips, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor of Nursing and Associate
Dean of Research for the College of Nursing at the University of
Arizona. She received her master's degree from the University of
Pittsburgh and her doctoral degree from the University of Arizona
in 1980. Dr. Phillips has written about and conducted research on
aging and taught courses in nursing and gerontology since becoming
part of the faculty in 1982. Her research, which focuses on elder
abuse, family caregiving for frail elders, and nursing interventions
for frail elders with dementia, has been funded by the National
Institute of Nursing Research, the National Institute of Aging and
the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association. Kristine
M. Bursac, MPA Ms. Bursac has been with the Center since its establishment in 1980. She has developed expertise in multiple areas in the field of aging, including: crime and the elderly, housing and emergency care of older adults. As Assistant Director, she has been involved in all aspects of Center planning, development and implementation. Ms. Bursac is currently director of Project OPEN (Older Persons Emergency Network), a model project that provides 911 responders with additional life-saving information about frail elderly in our city. Current products:
Current Projects:
Elaine
Rousseau, Ph.D. Dr. Rousseau has been the Director of Research at the Center on Aging for 15 years. She also serves as adjunct professor for the Gerontological Studies Program at the University of Arizona. She has concentrated her research efforts on health care and social services for older adults, specifically in the areas of elder abuse, geriatric emergency care, home and community based services, rural issues and retirement communities. She was appointed to the Tucson/Pima County Domestic Violence Commission, 1997 to present, to advocate on behalf of elders. In 1999 she was appointed to the newly formed Senior Advisory Council to the Arizona Attorney General. Dr. Rousseau was the recipient of the Woman on the Move award, is a member of the Advisory Board of Yavapi College Institute of Gerontology, a new program starting in Spring 2000, a member of the statewide Conference Planning Committee for the 2000 Governor's Conference on Aging, a member of the Health & Human Services Committee of the Green Valley Community Coordinating Council and has been an invited proposal reviewer for the Office of Rural Health Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services since 1997. Current Projects:
Anne
E. Morrison, MPA Ms. Morrison has been associated with the Center in various positions since 1993 She has also served as interim program coordinator for the Gerontological Studies Program at the University of Arizona. She is Co-chairperson of the 2001 Southern Arizona Alzheimer's Memory Walk and current president of the Caregiver Consortium. Ms. Morrison has been involved in many different aspects of aging with an emphasis on: caregiving issues, long term care and Alzheimer's education and assisted living environments. Current Projects:
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